Police
Civilian Secretariat for Police & Independent Police Investigative Directorate on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
13 Oct 2016
The Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) told the Portfolio Committee on Police that it had faced many challenges since it had been established. Among these were vacant posts and financial restrictions, which were hindering its ability to operate effectively.
Critical posts which it had been unable to fill included the ...
Police
South African Police Service on its 2015/16 Annual Report
12 Oct 2016
The Committee met for its second day of hearings on the Annual Report for the 2015/16 financial year for the SA Police Service (SAPS). Beginning with the indicators, targets, actual performance, reasons for deviance, corrective actions and highlights for programme three: detective services, Members questioned reasons for big personnel losses ...
Police
SAPS, IPID, CSP audits: Auditor-General input; SAPU, POPCRU, ISS, APCOF, SJC comments on SAPS Annual Report
11 Oct 2016
The Committee met to begin hearings on the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) 2015/16 Annual Report. Prior to hearing from the SAPS, the Committee heard from civil society organisations to receive their input and contributions on the Annual Report. The Auditor-General of SA (AG) also presented the annual audit outcomes ...
Police
Listing of Taliban and Al Qaeda as terrorist organisations: SAPS briefing; Civilian Secretariat for Police Regulations: briefing
22 Sep 2016
The South African Police Services briefed the Committee on the listing of the Taliban and Al Qaida as terrorist organisations according to a UN resolution and by the Civilian Secretariat for Police Services on its regulations which had been tabled just prior to the municipal elections.
The SA Police Services ...
The Committee was briefed by the Minister and Deputy Minister of Police on progress made with the Ministerial Transformation Task Team in terms of recommendations to have come out of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry. The presentation covered the scope of the Ministerial Transformation Task Team, a summary of the ...
Police
Domestic Violence Act reports: CSP briefing; CSP Jan-Jun 2016 performance & CSP/IPID Consultative Forum
20 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Police met to consider briefings by the Civilian Secretariat of Police (CSP) on its performance in the fourth quarter of the 2015/16 financial year and the first quarter of the 2016/17 financial year. The CSP also presented reports on the monitoring of compliance by the South ...
Police
Metro Police conduct of members; training and relationship with SAPS; Metro Police cases/outcomes: IPID briefing
7 Sep 2016
Senior South African Police Service management and Chiefs of the Metropolitan Police Services briefed the Committee on the mandate, units, training and relationship between Services as well as conduct of the Metropolitan Police Service members. Members were first prepped by the Committee’s Content Adviser who provided information on the establishment ...
Police
IPID on its Jan - Jun 2016 performance; IPID Act: implementation
6 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Police received a briefing from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on its performance over the last two quarters. The Committee’s Researcher pointed out a number of concerns about the spending patterns of the IPID, which were mainly related to expenditure on non-core items and the ...
Police
Annual Crime Statistics 2015/16: SAPS and Police Ministry briefing
2 Sep 2016
The South African Police Service (SAPS), led by the Minister and Acting National Commissioner, released its annual crime statistics to the Committee. A very detailed presentation was provided to Members looking at methodology for data collection and raw figures and quality improvement initiatives before turning to the two broad categories ...
Police
Farlam Commission recommendations; 1st Quarter 2016/17 & 4th Quarter 2015/16 SAPS performance
31 Aug 2016
The Committee met with the South African Police Service (SAPS) to receive briefings firstly on fourth and first quarterly expenditure for the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years respectively. The Committee first received a preparatory briefing by the Committee researcher in terms of the budget cycle and in-year monitoring and the ...